Editing Stan Zemanek (section)

== Ill health, retirement and death ==
Zemanek was diagnosed with [[glioblastoma multiforme]],<ref name="jock">{{cite news|last=Javes|first=Sue|title=Even ailing, jock shocks|url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/tv--radio/even-ailing-jock-shocks/2006/09/20/1158431719574.html|newspaper=[[The Age]]|date=21 September 2006|accessdate=5 July 2007}}</ref> an aggressive [[brain tumour]] that is almost universally fatal within a few years, in May 2006.<ref name="quit">{{cite news|last=Lee|first=Sandra|title='Mellower' Stan Zemanek to quit radio|url=http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20899754-421,00.html|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)|The Daily Telegraph]]|location=Sydney|date=10 December 2006|accessdate=5 July 2007}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> Treatment included [[chemotherapy]] and [[radiotherapy]] in addition to surgery performed by [[Charlie Teo|Charles Teo]].<ref name="jock"/> After rumours in 2006, Zemanek's retirement, and intention to look after his health and spend time with his family, was announced on 9 December 2006.<ref name="quit"/> His final show went to air on 22 December 2006.<ref>{{cite news|agency=Australian Associated Press|title=Shock jock Zemanek calls it quits|publisher=Yahoo!7 News|url=http://au.news.yahoo.com/061209/2/11pvk.html|date=22 October 2006|accessdate=5 July 2007}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> Many in the commercial radio industry paid tribute to Zemanek on-air, including his former on-air colleagues and, later, rivals (on [[2GB]]), [[Alan Jones (talkback host)|Alan Jones]] and [[Ray Hadley]].

While Zemanek intended to return to ''Beauty and the Beast'' in early 2007,<ref>
{{cite news|last=Clune|first=Richard|title=Zemanek's Beast is back|url=http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,,21164920-5006009,00.html|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)|The Daily Telegraph]]|location=Sydney|date=4 February 2007|accessdate=5 July 2007}}</ref> and he celebrated his 60th birthday with former ''Beauty and the Beast'' co-stars,<ref>{{cite news|last=Sydney Confidential|title=Stan's birthday beastly, beaut|url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/story/0,23663,21906214-10388,00.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120906153405/http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/story/0,23663,21906214-10388,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 September 2012|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)|The Daily Telegraph]]|location=Sydney|date=15 June 2007|access-date=6 July 2007}}</ref> his health deteriorated in retirement. In June 2007, he and his wife cut short a planned holiday due to illness, and in early July 2007 his family announced that he was dying.<ref>{{cite news|first=Fiona |last=Connolly |title=Death within days for shock jock |url=http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22019375-2,00.html |publisher=[[News.com.au]] |date=5 July 2007 |access-date=5 July 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070706222700/http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22019375-2,00.html |archive-date=6 July 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Gibson|first=Jano|title=Shock jock Zemanek 'has days to live'|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/tv--radio/shock-jock-zemanek-has-days-to-live/2007/07/05/1183351341730.html|newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|date=5 July 2007|accessdate=5 July 2007}}</ref> He died in his sleep in the early hours on 12 July 2007.<ref>{{cite news|last=Connolly|first=Fiona|title=Stan a fighter to the very end|url=http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,22063556-5001021,00.html|date=12 July 2007|accessdate=13 July 2007|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)|The Daily Telegraph]]|location=Sydney}}</ref> His funeral, open to the public, was held on 17 July 2007, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in [[North Sydney, New South Wales|North Sydney]], and was followed by a private [[cremation]].<ref>{{cite news|agency=Australian Associated Press|title=Zemanek funeral on Tuesday|date=12 July 2007|accessdate=13 July 2007|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)|The Daily Telegraph]]|location=Sydney|url=http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22062434-5005961,00.html}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Narushima|first=Yuko|url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/07/17/1184559747927.html|title=Stan was 'romantic and funny'|newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|date=17 July 2007|accessdate=17 July 2007}}</ref>